First Real Snow Event in Five Years for Central Missouri

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Once all this stuff starts to go, we will have some significant issues.
Yeah, dealing with snow is one thing.....snow melt a whole other ball game.

I just carried fresh feed sacks to barn. Almost 200 yards. I am not as young as I used to be.
Use a cart ;) I use a hand truck to move feed bags, I could pick them up, but body would pay big time for days, so why do that to myself?
 
Here is my "ol crap" moment. That 6' tall snow covered mound is my north bamboo patch. That is where the rabbits appear to be hiding.

Last heavy snow did that to my bamboo. Wasn't paying attention. Next time I'll be out there shaking it off periodically so it doesn't get to that point. Had some cracked culms, but the stuff needed thinning out anyway. Had to muscle a lot of culms back into position. Looks good now.
 
Going through exactly the same here in north central Missouri. Got 10 inches of snow last Saturday. With temps above freezing the last few days it is a mess. Everywhere my husband bladed so we can get in and out and to coops and barns is now sloppy mud. Mud is over the feet of my boot in some areas immediately around chicken coops.
Chickens not doing bad so far, but coops getting stinky and moist. Only a few younger ones venturing outside.
We also have owls hanging out too close for comfort during the day. The dogs chased one off the other day. Lots of tracks in the snow. Have only seen one fox within 50 yards, he looked more like he was passing through. Hopefully the activity of the dogs going in and out will deter him some. When they're not inside sleeping by the wood stove!

We have a Mennonite community just north of us. Some of them are my best/biggest egg customers.

We are in our new house "shouse" as they call it. 40' X 54' barn home. Mennonite built! We are finishing the inside ourselves. There are a few families we do a lot of business with, and i would call friends....or maybe very friendly acquaintances. It's not like we "hang out...LOL!

Bracing for this next round of snow. They have downgraded it some, but this time the wind will cause big problems!
 
just wanted to throw out that even in Florida we got down in the forty's, the chickens were not happy with me leaving them locked up until 8, when the sun was above the trees. They went from 90 a couple months ago to now 40. They are so resilient!!
 
just wanted to throw out that even in Florida we got down in the forty's, the chickens were not happy with me leaving them locked up until 8, when the sun was above the trees. They went from 90 a couple months ago to now 40. They are so resilient!!
ha ha very funny.....we are not exactly commiserating with you, sigh.....
 

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